Figure skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics
Appearance
Figure skating at the IV Winter Olympics | |
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Type: | Olympic Games |
Champions | |
Men's singles: Karl Schäfer | |
Ladies' singles: Sonja Henie | |
Pairs: Maxi Herber / Ernst Baier | |
Previous: 1932 Winter Olympics | |
Next: 1948 Winter Olympics |
Figure skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics | ||
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Singles | men | ladies |
Pairs | mixed | |
Figure skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics took place at the Olympia-Kunsteisstadion in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, from 9 to 15 February 1936. Three figure skating events were contested: men's singles, ladies' singles, and pairs skating.[1]
Medal summary
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's singles |
Karl Schäfer Austria |
Ernst Baier Germany |
Felix Kaspar Austria |
Ladies' singles |
Sonja Henie Norway |
Cecilia Colledge Great Britain |
Vivi-Anne Hultén Sweden |
Pairs skating |
Maxi Herber and Ernst Baier Germany |
Ilse Pausin and Erik Pausin Austria |
Emília Rotter and László Szollás Hungary |
Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Austria | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
2 | Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
3 | Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
4 | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
5 | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (6 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
Participating nations
[edit]Only three figure skaters (two men and one lady) competed in both the singles and the pairs event.
A total of 84 figure skaters (41 men and 43 ladies) from 17 nations (men from 16 nations and ladies from 16 nations) competed at the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Games:
- Austria (12) (men 6, women 6)
- Belgium (4) (men 1, women 3)
- Canada (6) (men 3, women 3)
- Czechoslovakia (3) (men 1, women 2)
- Estonia (2) (men 1, women 1)
- Finland (1) (men 1, women 0)
- Germany (7) (men 3, women 4)
- Great Britain (12) (men 6, women 6)
- Hungary (7) (men 4, women 3)
- Italy (2) (men 1, women 1)
- Japan (5) (men 4, women 1)
- Latvia (4) (men 2, women 2)
- Norway (4) (men 1, women 3)
- Romania (3) (men 2, women 1)
- Sweden (1) (men 0, women 1)
- Switzerland (2) (men 1, women 1)
- United States (9) (men 4, women 5)
References
[edit]- ^ "Figure Skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 July 2020.